Nanoweapons : A Growing Threat to Humanity /

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"Nanoweapons describes the deadliest generation of military weaponry the world has ever seen and offers concrete recommendations for controlling their future use, thus avoiding global war and the end of humanity."--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Del Monte, Louis A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Lincoln, NE] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Military weapons > Technological innovations
Military art and science > Technological innovations
Nanotechnology > Risk assessment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Armes de guerre > Innovations.
Art et science militaires > Innovations.
Military weapons > Technological innovations.
Military art and science > Technological innovations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The first generation of nanoweapons
  • What you don't know can kill you
  • Playing legos with atoms
  • I come in peace
  • The wolf in sheep's clothing
  • The rise of the nanobots
  • The "swarm"
  • The game changers
  • The "smart" nanoweapons
  • The genie is loose
  • Fighting fire with fire
  • The tipping point
  • The nanoweapons superpowers
  • The nano wars
  • Humanity on the brink
  • Epilogue
  • Appendixes
  • Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
  • Nanoweapons offensive capability of nations
  • The events leading to the Chernobyl disaster.

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